Warloads!

Thanks for the confirmation Stik. Now back to my build...

Nathan T

Sweet pics. This is interesting to me as I have a Weasel on the go atm, the Hasegawa kit. Is this pic an actual Desert Storm time frame, or later Southern, Northern watch era? Also, The pod looks like the later ALQ-184 correct?, as the 119 was not used by Phantoms in DS? And the Sparrows, are they the Aim-7Ms, painted in light ghost gray? or earlier Es in white?

 

Yes, those are Desert Storm photos. Southern and Northern Watch SEAD sorties were flown by Idaho ANG Weasels w/no tail codes, just the Idaho logo

You're right about the ECM pod, it is an ALQ-184 and not a -119. The two pods are very similar in appearance. I know that F-16s carried -119s in ODS, and thought the Weasels may have also.

I've got a F-4G Weasel project going currently as well, but I am going to do as one of the final combat ID ANG birds.

Early versions of the AN/ALQ-184 entered service in 1989 

I enlarged the photo and reversed the colors and it looks like the Phantom II has AIM-7 with dark colored fins. I was told that in the middle 1980s when the missiles started to be delivered in LGG that older AIM-7E and AIM-7F that went to the depot for inspection and maintiance were repainted with the new colors.  

Sweet pics. This is interesting to me as I have a Weasel on the go atm, the Hasegawa kit. Is this pic an actual Desert Storm time frame, or later Southern, Northern watch era? Also, The pod looks like the later ALQ-184 correct?, as the 119 was not used by Phantoms in DS? And the Sparrows, are they the Aim-7Ms, painted in light ghost gray? or earlier Es in white?

Here are a couple Desert Storm F-4G load outs slightly different from the norm

4 x AGM-88 HARM plus ALQ 131 pod in theleft front missile well

2 x AGM-88 outboard, 2 x AGM -65 inboard, 2 x  AIM-7 rear missile wells, 1 x ALQ-119 left front missile well...

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Those are just ones that I found on a Desert Storm website. None of them are ones that I took. I have a few A-10 photos in my album, but they are all in flight/in action stuff and not scanned. The 23rd was stationed nearby at England AFB when I was at Ft. Polk so I got to see those boys a LOT.

Cool Warthog photos, Stik! You must have a pretty big personal collection.

Unfortunately, I couldn't find any of my Harrier photos. Probably lost them during my divorce a few years ago. I did find a couple of photos that I took while on the USS Saipan of a couple of AH-1Ws undergoing maintenance with a BUNCH of panels removed. I'll have to post them somewhere.

Found it!  A 23rd TFW A-10 with the triple launcher mounted... but only 2 Mavericks are carried in this photo

A few Gulf War A-10s with similar load outs using different types of CBUs: 2x AGM 65s, 4x CBUs, 2x AIM-9s, 1 ECM pod

SUU-30B

CBU-87

Mk.20s

Still looking for the triple Maverick Rack as a combat load, and not an air show display.

Yup. I have only come across one photo so far with the triple launcher being carried. The single rail was the standard load out seen for Mavericks. I'll see if I can find that photo again

A-10 seems like a load out as described in Warthog! for Gulf 1.  They had trouble with the triple racks for the Maverick missiles, so tended to carry only 2.

John

2x AIM-9s, 2x AGM-65s, 6x Mk.82s on two TERs, 1 ALQ-119 pod

stikpusher

I'm happy to hear that you like them DD. And very cool that you have such a personal connection with them. I hope that you can get some photos of yours posted. I suspect that the reason you did not take more photos back then is like mine- film. You only had so many shots on a roll, and it could get pricey to buy more, and develop and print it all. Digital photography has eliminated that aspect. Except for prints if course. Compare the abundance of photos from the 2003 Iraq War compared to the 1991 War. Way more stuff in the later war, and I bet mainly due to digital.

You know, you have a good point there - I only used a little Kodak 110 camera back then, and could barely afford film for it raising a family. 

Never thought about the quantity of photos during the wars, but you make an excellent point about that, too. 

Love my digital camera. And for the very reason you stated - no limitations on the picture count. I have a little hand-me-down camera from my wife (of course, she gets the latest-n-greatest!!) - a little Kodak EasyShare Z1285 12MegaPixel, with a 4GB microSD card. Does everything I need. At full resolution, it can take around 1688 pictures, So far, I have yet to fill it up before downloading. Hmmmmm, that gives me another goal to shoot for......

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I'm happy to hear that you like them DD. And very cool that you have such a personal connection with them. I hope that you can get some photos of yours posted. I suspect that the reason you did not take more photos back then is like mine- film. You only had so many shots on a roll, and it could get pricey to buy more, and develop and print it all. Digital photography has eliminated that aspect. Except for prints if course. Compare the abundance of photos from the 2003 Iraq War compared to the 1991 War. Way more stuff in the later war, and I bet mainly due to digital.

Great Harrier pictures, Stik. Good to see them again. I probably sat in the cockpits of most of them at one time or another ground-testing their DECM systems (they're all from MAG-32). I'll see if I can dig up some more pictures of them. Didn't take many photos while I was in (danged if I know why I didn't), but I should have a few somewhere around here.

In honor of the upcoming 1991 Gulf War GB here are a few loadouts from that war on AV-8Bs

being loaded with Mk.l20 Rockeyes, with a shipload of Snakeyes wating for somebody else

Mk.20 Rockeyes and AGM-65 (C?) Mavericks

Mk.83 Slicks with Mk.77 napalm awaiting their ride

just Rockeyes... all 6 stations

more Mk.83s

Mk.77 Napalm

Mk.82 Snakeyes

Here is a Vietnam era Skyraider (aka SPAD or Sandy). The really large bombs are the M117 750 pound bombs. The smaller bombs are the Mk81 250 pound bomb. The Mk81 was discontinued after Operation Linebacker.

Stikpusher, a lot of the pictures are ones I tracked down while researching the Hornet (Bug) and Super Hornet (Rhino). This is becoming real interesting, I'm tracking down more photos. I'll keep adding also I will make diagrams for common loads and post them.  

I like those asymmetrical multi weapon warloads carried lately as a matter of standard. Nice shot there Seasick!

How about some 1991 F-16s?

here is a mixed flight of F-16As, 2 with Mk.84AIRs and 2 with TERS of Mk.82 HDGPs. All four carry wingtip AIM-9s, inboard drop tanks and Centerline ALQ-119 ECM pods

F-16C 4x Mk.84 AIRs, wingtip AIM-9s and centerline ALQ-119 ECM

Mixed flight of F-16Cs- no wingtip AIM-9s, only TERs with slant load of CBUs, drop tanks and centerline ECM pods

2x AIM9s, 2x AGM-65D, 2 drop tanks, centerline ALQ-131 ECM, and cheek mounted LANTIRN

4x AIM-9s, 4x CBUs, Drop tanks and ALQ-131

2x AIM-9s, 4x Mk.20s, drop tanks and centerline ALQ-119

Here is another Super Hornet flying over Afganistan. There is one 480 gallon drop tank on the centerline , with one out of view. Opposite of the  ATFLIR are two GBU-12 with the outer station open. On the reverse is a AGM-65 "Maverick", and a AIM-9X on the wingtip. 

This photo is a red herring. This isn't typical, it is a demonstration, by Boeing, of AAM that can be carried by the Super Hornet.  On the wing tips are AIM-9M, on the outer underwing  stations are a late version of the AIM-7, and the others are pairs of AIM-120B/C on LAU-127 launch rails connected to LAU-115B/A.

Hello!

Nice! The Scooter is a real classsic! You'd wish they designed aircraft in this style nowadays...

Thanks for sharling and have a nice day!

Paweł

How about some Scooters in Vietnam?

6x Mk.82 HDGPs on the centerline and a pair of Mk.83 LDGPs on the wing pylons

or this mighty load of 14x Mk.82 LDGPs on MERs (2 x3 + 1x6)  and the outer pylons

3x Mk.20s on wing pylons, single Zuni pod on wing, 1 centerline tank

single Mk.82 HDGPs on outer pylons, 3x Mk.82 HDGPs on centerline TER, and two drop tanks on inboard pylons- Gulf War 1991

single 1000 lb GP on centerline, 2 drop tanks on inner pylons- Falklands War 1982

2x AGM-62s on wing pylons, centerline drop tank